How the Stock Market Works Why Do Companies Issue Stock? Companies throughout the world issue new stock shares every day. But what is stock‚ and why does a company issue it? To help you to better understand these important concepts in this tutorial we will discuss: What is Capital? Equity vs. Debt Why Do Corporations Issue Stock? Advantages for Stock Holders Let us begin by defining the word capital. What Is Capital? Let’s imagine that you decide to start up your own ice cream shop business
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year is significantly increase than the Current Liability. So Current Ratio is increasing in a consistant basis and the ratio which indicates that NORTHERN INSURANCE CO. has few problem with liquidity but they are generating profit efficiently. Underwriting Ratios 2. Loss Ratio: A company’s loss ratio is calculated by dividing loss adjustments expenses by premiums earned. And los adjustment measured by dividing claim payment by net premium. Now this los ratio shows what percentage of payouts are
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value and assess foreign companies on an individual basis. Another benefit for U.S. investors of ADRs is that they save money by reducing foreign administrative costs and avoiding foreign taxes on each transaction. Equity Underwriting Risk The major issue with underwriting risks of equities from the banks side is that the lead-syndicating bank is responsible for all of the new issue shares. So there are various ways they attempt to limit this risk. The most popular technique is undervaluing the
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PRESS RELEASE 7 May 2008 Singapore-based Reinsurer Asia Capital Reinsurance Launches World’s Largest Retakaful Company in Joint Venture with Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Dubai Banking Group Singapore‚ 7 May 2008 – ACR Capital Holdings Pte Ltd (ACR) – Singapore‟s home-grown reinsurance firm focusing exclusively on the Pan Asian market – today announced an agreement with Malaysian national investment company Khazanah Nasional Bhd‚ and Dubai Banking Group‚ the global Shari‟ah-compliant investment company
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credit or similar on-demand guarantees;Business Interruption; and Inconvertibility of foreign currency or the inability to repatriate funds. As with any insurance‚ the precise scope of coverage is governed by the terms of the insurance policy. The underwriting of political risk insurance is a dynamic‚ growing business. As globalisation increases‚ there are more corporations doing more business in more places around the world with each passing year. Some of the changes occurring in the business are high
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1988 General Insurance Convention M A R I N E I N S U R A N C E R E I N S U R A N C E A N D GISG 1988 Working Party Members:Chairman: Colin J.W. Czapiewski David H. Craighead Peter A.G Green David M. Hart Peter N. Matthews Chris Mellor Hugh Rice Peter D. Smith David I. Tomlinson Marine Insurance & Reinsurance - An Introduction Page Index 1. Introduction 2 2. Classes of Marine Business 3 3. Types of Insurance and Reinsurance 6 4. Organisations
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: It was a great pleasure to prepare a project on the various aspects and operations. We would like to thank and convey my gratitude to honorable teacher‚ Munir chowdhury‚ Senior Lecturer‚ Faculty of Business Administration‚ for instruct me to prepare this project and we would also like to express my sincere appreciation to him for his wholehearted support and guidance. Thanks him from the core of our Heart. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Importance of banking system in a country is
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STRATEGY Is your core competence A MIRAGE? 40 THE McKINSEY QUARTERLY 1997 NUMBER 1 Managers now consider just about everything a potential competence Are you measurably better‚ can you sustain the diƒference‚ and does it matter? Building a core competence: three options Kevin P. Coyne Stephen J. D. Hall Patricia Gorman Cliƒford C – the idea that a company can succeed without a structural competitive advantage by becoming the best at a few key skills or in a few knowledge
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for clients‚ such as the trading of derivatives‚ fixed income‚ foreign exchange‚ commodity‚ and equity securities. Trading securities for cash or securities (i.e.‚ facilitating transactions‚ market-making)‚ or the promotion of securities (i.e.‚ underwriting‚ research‚ etc.) is referred to as the "sell side." Dealing with the pension funds‚ mutual funds‚ hedge funds‚ and the investing public who consume the products and services of the sell-side in order to maximize their return on investment constitutes
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Actuarial science is the discipline that applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in the insurance and finance industries. Actuariesare professionals who are qualified in this field through education and experience. In many countries‚ actuaries must demonstrate their competence by passing a series of rigorous professional examinations. Actuarial science includes a number of interrelating subjects‚ including probability‚ mathematics‚ statistics‚ finance‚ economics‚ financial economics
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